Reading your output further, the router told you that the masks didn't match:
> > OSPF: Mismatched hello parameters from 10.103.56.1 > > Dead R 40 C 40, Hello R 10 C 10 Mask R 255.255.248.0 C 255.255.240.0 -- RFC 1149 Compliant. ""Steven A. Ridder"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > the mask is the wrong length. neighbors have to agree on mask length. > > -- > > RFC 1149 Compliant. > > > ""Chhetri Naresh"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > HI Guys > > > > I have an OSPF question andmy network setup is as follows: > > > > R1------Switch------R2 > > R1 has an ip addres of 10.103.56.97/20 and R2 has an ip address of > > 10.103.56.1/21. Under OSPF the foll network command is present > > network 10.103.56.0 0.0.7.255 area 8. > > Both the routers are in the same area. > > The problem is that they dont form neighbours. > > When i ping 224.0.0.5 from both the routers both of them respond and there > > is no problem at layer3, ican ping each other. > > i did a debug on R1 and get the foll > > OSPF: Mismatched hello parameters from 10.103.56.1 > > Dead R 40 C 40, Hello R 10 C 10 Mask R 255.255.248.0 C 255.255.240.0 > > > > Its a plain config with no changes to the timer, i am assuming that since > > they are a broadcast ospf net work they should form neighbours. > > > > Also the foll output will be helpfull, > > > > R1#FastEthernet1/0 is up, line protocol is up > > Internet Address 10.103.56.97/20, Area 8 > > Process ID 65514, Router ID 209.25.40.16, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: > 1 > > Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State DR, Priority 1 > > Designated Router (ID) 209.25.40.16, Interface address 10.103.56.97 > > No backup designated router on this network > > Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5 > > Hello due in 00:00:03 > > Neighbor Count is 0, Adjacent neighbor count is 0 > > Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s) > > ----------------------------------------- > > R2#sh ip ospf in FastEthernet0/0 > > FastEthernet0/0 is up, line protocol is up > > Internet Address 10.103.56.1/21, Area 8 > > Process ID 65514, Router ID 10.96.255.70, Network Type BROADCAST, Cost: > 1 > > Transmit Delay is 1 sec, State DR, Priority 1 > > Designated Router (ID) 10.96.255.70, Interface address 10.103.56.1 > > No backup designated router on this network > > Timer intervals configured, Hello 10, Dead 40, Wait 40, Retransmit 5 > > Hello due in 00:00:07 > > Index 4/4, flood queue length 0 > > Next 0x0(0)/0x0(0) > > Last flood scan length is 0, maximum is 0 > > Last flood scan time is 0 msec, maximum is 0 msec > > Neighbor Count is 0, Adjacent neighbor count is 0 > > Suppress hello for 0 neighbor(s) > > > > Pls advise, i am going crazy over it. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > cheers > > naresh Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=38314&t=38312 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]